Sweden’s Social Democrats are at their lowest popularity level for the past 10 years, according to a new poll. The party is haemorrhaging support, with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt’s Moderate Party holding a stable lead over their rivals in the new survey by Synovate. Read the full story

An increasing number of British newspaper publishers and columnists are beginning to challenge the overall national perception of the week’s events regarding the President of Iceland’s decision to send the Icesave Bill to the nation. According to Michael Hudson in The Financial Times, Icelanders have been offered a way to describe their fears that the country could literally be ruined by taking on irresponsible or unnecessary levels of debts and interest rates. Read the full story

The Independence Party is now the most popular in Reykjavik, according to the latest Gallup poll. Read the full story

The latest TNS Gallup polls indicate that rival coalitions in the run up to this month’s election in Norway are virtually even. The incumbent Labour-led coalition is still the most popular; but statistics reveal that the parties face major challenges in trying to maintain their current stronghold. Read the full story

The 7th annual BigPoll is well underway on esctoday.com, the world’s most  visited independent Eurovision Song Contest website. Readers and members have been predicting the outcome of each semi final, and the results are grouped geographically and then worked out based on the Eurovision Song Contest scoring Prediction. Over 100,000 predictions have been made, by more than 6,000 members of esctoday.com, which is a record number.
The 10 countries predicted to qualify from tonight’s semi final are: Read the full story

Highlights of the final Capacent Gallup Iceland election opinion poll released last night: Read the full story